“Sadly, police disciplinary matters can stretch on for years and years, and the public gets frustrated, of course, because these police officers haven’t done any work for years,” says Gregory Brown, a professor at Carleton University’s criminology department. “Police officers aren’t stupid, right? If it looks like you’re not going to be going back to work — you’re either going to be dismissed or ordered to resign — it’s in your best interest to string it out as long as humanly possible.”
